Grain-shocker.



J. G. STEWART. GRAIN SHOGKER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7, 1900.

Patented May 17, 1910.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1 INUENTEIF? J. G. STEWART. GRAIN SHOOKER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7, 1909.

Patented May 17, 1910. r

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UJITNEEJEES 'INLIEN'T'EJF J. G. STEWART.

GRAIN SHOGKER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7, 1909.

Patented May 17, 1910.

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NUENT'QR UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. RAHALM STEWART, OF MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS.

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To all wrlmm it may concern:

Be it known that- I. Jon): Gnauau S'rnw- Mn. a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Monmouth, in the county of Warren. in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Im )rovements iu (irain-Rhoclu-rs, of which the ollowing is t the specitication.

.\l v invention relates to grain shockcrs, and the object of the invention is to rovide a shockerattachable to a. binder which will cti'cctually form and set up a shock of grain without having to tie the shock or stop the binder. said shocker being adaptable for both long and short sheaves and adjustable to ditlereut heights so as .to permit it to be used effectually with varying heights of stubble.

further Object is to provide on the shocker a tray or deck which will direct the sheaves flung down from the binder to a position in front of the operator of the shocker, the arts being arranged and constructed as iereinafter more particularly described.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the-machine, are drive wheel. of the binder being shown in dotted outline. Fig. 2 is a plan view as in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a portion of the shocker frame showing the receptacle or basket in the delivering osition. Fig. 4 is an: enlarged detailed si e elevation of the bracket securing the shocking machine to the binder. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detailed perspective view of a portion of the com ression fingers showing the manner in w rich they are secured to the basket.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

1 re resents the shocker frame which is format from longitudinal members 2 2' and a transverse member 3.

5 is a sup orting shaft secured firmly to the shocker rame by brackets 6, said shaft being supplied at. its one end with a carriage wheel 7 and having its other end forked as at. 8 and connected by means of a pin 5) to a bracket 10, said bracket being sci-urcly fastened to the usual cross bar 11 of the binder frame. In this way the shaft 18 pivotally secured to the binder frame.

12 are caster wheels supporting the exlending ends of the longitut inal members 2 specification of Letters Patent.

. Application filed June 7, 1909.

Patented May 17, 1910.

Serial No. 500,745.

2, said caster wheels being secured to the shocker frame through the agency of cspe chilly designed bearings 13 which are now described. The bearim receives the shank 14 of the caster wheel pivotally and 'has' three extending arms 15, 16, and 17 of angle iron cross section, the arm 17 being positioned at. right angles to the arms 15 and 16, and in a somewhat higher horizontal plane so that when the arms 15 and 16 are bolted to the members 2 and 2' the arms 17 escape over the top of the frame members, as best shown in Fig. 3. The arms 17 are united by a cross bar 18 of angle iron section which prevents the shocker frame from spreading. Catch of the arms 16 is provided with a vertically directed set of 0 coin 19- which receive the pivot pins 0 the asket as later' 'to be described, such openings allowing ad'- justment of the basket.

.20 is a box secured to the center of the shocker frame in any convenient manner and 21 is a seat of any suitable form supported from the frame and locatedto the side next the binder so that the person operating has his back to the binder.

22 is a deck or tray secured to the shocker frame by means of brackets 23, such tray inclosing the box 20 at two sides and having the end 22' thereof located so as to receive the sheaves delivered from the binder tray. The tray 22 inclines from the outer edge 22" downwardly toward the box 20 so that the sheaves delivered from the binder are forced along the. tray and deliver d directly in front of the seat 21 thereby avoiding any necessity of lifting each sheaf before it is finally placed in the basket. The tray and the brackets can be made reversib e so that the shocking machine can be used with either a right. or left hand binder it being nece%ary in such a case to reverse the position of-the seat 21, changing it to the, opposite side of the frame. 94 is the basket or receptacle which receives the shcavcsand forms them into a shock, such receptacle being composed from, more or lessscnn'c rcul ar bars 25', 26, 27 connected by longitudinally extending members .28, 29 and 30. it is to be noted that the con struction of the bars 25, 2t; and 27 is such that the longitudinal bars .28, 29 and 30 converge toward the platform when the basket is in the horizoptal position.

31 is a strip'of sheet metal secured to the bars 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30, in this way closing the opening appearing between. the bars 26 and 27.

The basket is supplied with a bar 32 which unites the bars 25 and 26 and is tied to the bar by brackets 33 having bearings 34 formed thereon for a purpose hereinafter explained.

35 is a cross member secured centrally to the lower side of the bar 26 of the basket and having its ends 36 upwardly directed and returned again to said bar wherethey are fastened.

37 are pivot pins extending from the ends 36 of the bar 35 and entering the openings 19, hereinbefore referred to, in the bearings 13. The basket is in this manner pivoted from the frame.

38 are stays secured to the oppositely directed portions of the bar 35.

39 is a divider carried by the basket and extending from the bar 27 to bar 26, and passing upwardly the full height of .the basket, such divider being tapered in form so as to permit it to withdraw readily from the shock after the-shock is set up.

40 is a vertically directed dividing plate extending from the divider toward the bar 25 and passing longitudinally centrally of the basket to which it is firmly secured by means of an end brace 41.

42 are opposinglugs secured to the bar 26 and united by springs 43 to the bar 18, such bar being provided with openings 18' whereby the tension ofthe spring can be adjusted.

The bar 29 of t he basket is directed down- -wardly at the forward end at 29 and has connected thereto a foot piece 45 which is rendered adjustable by means'pf bolts '46.

47 is a brace reinforcing the. downwardly extendin end 29 of the bar-29. The'foot piece is esigned so as to rest 'onthe box 20 when the basket is being filled.

. 48 and 49 are two piece semi-circular bars fastened at their upper extremities to the bars 28 and 30 and at their lower extremities to each other, by bolts. The adjoining ends are each provided with a series of openings 50 sothat when the bolts are removed: they can be adjusted to a new position byplacing them in a second set of openings.-

It is to be noticed thatthe plate 40 is provided with transverse openings 51 through which pass the bars 48 and 49.

52 are arched fingers having their inner ends pivotally secured within the bearings 34 of the brackets 33 hereinbefore referred to, such fin ers being directed across the basket'and' tied together by a rod 53 which is connected to'the' bar .32 by means of a spring 54. Accordingto the position of the rod 53 and the action of the spring the fingerscanbe retained in the open or vertically irected position when desired, and will pass to the horizontal position as soon as the rod is passed over the dead center, as will readily be understood.

The operation of the device is as now described. The sheaves deposited in front of the operator by the tray 22 are placed in the basket by him with their butts resting on the metallic sheet 31 'and their heads bearing on one or other of the spring bars 48 and 49,

it being understood that the spring bar 49 is in commission with long sheaves, and that 48 with short ones. As soon as the basket has been filled to either. side .of the divider and plate the fingers 52, which up to this time were extendingvertically, are swun downwardly and closedon the heads of the.

sheaves. \Vhen the basket is being filled the operator has his foot on the footpiece 45 which prevents the basket from overturning prior to being. filled. As soon as it is filled and the fingers .52 closed he releases his foot from the foot piece and the basket immediately overturns swinging on the ivot pinion and actuated by the weight 0 the butts. As soon as the butts are deposited on the ground the divider 39 passes from them as the machine progresses and the basket is returned to the horizontal osition by the action of the springs 43. Iibwever if the tension of these springs be not suflicient the operator can grasp the basketand swing it to its normal position, being aided by the springs. w

In order that the butts of the shocks may be built up evenl in the basket I have provided upwardly irected forks 55 which are secured to the bar 27 of the basket and ap pear at either side ofth'e divide.

In order to adjust'the basket for long or short stubble it is onl necessary to raise or lower the position of tii the same time adjust the foot piece 45.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a grain shocker, the combination with the shocker frame having two longitudinal members and a transverse member,

e pivot pins 37 and at the basket and the supporting caster wheels having vertically directed shanks, of bearings secured to the extending ends of the longitudinal members and adapted to receive the shanks of the caster wheels, said bearings being provided each with three extending arms, one of which in each instance is supplied with a vertically directed set of openings, a set of bolts passin through the openings and secured to the asket and a cross bar. passin between the longitudinal members and unlted with a pair of the .arms which extend transversely of the frame, as

and for the purpose specified.

2. In a gram shocker, the combination with the shocker frame having longitudinal members, the basket pivotally secured to the 7 frame, and a cross bar located beneath the basket and secured to the longitudinal members of the frame, of legs carried by the adjustably fastened to the cross bar, as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a grain shocker, the combination with the shocker frame having longitudinal members, the basket pivotally secured to the frame, and a cross barlocated beneath the basket and secured to the longitudinal members of the frame, said cross bar havin ascries of openings therein, of lugs secure to .the basket and at 0 posite sides thereof,

coiled s rings secure permanently to the lugs an having their free ends hookedand adapted to pass within the openings formed in the bar, as and for the purpose s )ecified.

4. In a grain shocker, the com ination with the shocker frame having a box secured centrallyv thereto, of a deck secured to the shocker frame and surrounding two sides of the box, said deck having its outer edge in a higher horizontal plane than the inner edge adjoining the' box, as and for the purpose s ecified.

5. n a grain shocker, adapted to be used in conjunction with a binding machine, the combination with the binder frame and shocker frame adapted to be secured to the binder frame adjoining the binder delivery tray and the box secured centrally to the frame, of a deck carried bythe shocker frame and extending over two'sides of the box, said deck being constructed so'as to receive at one end the sheaves delivered from the binder tray and direct them to the opposite end, as and for the urpose specified.

6. In a grain shoe er the combination with a basket having a divider located cenrally therein, and a vertically directed dividing plate extending forwardly from the divider and within the basket, of two piece semi-circular bars fastened at their upper extremities to the upper. edges of the basket and at their lower extremities adjustably' to one another, said plate being provided with transverse openings to admit the bars,'as and for the purpose specified.

7. In a grain shocker, the combination with the shocker frame, of a basket pivotally secured rearwardly to the frame, said basket consisting in a setof semi-circular bars of differentradii spaced apart and united by longitudinally extending and converging members. a metallic strip secured to the semicircular dars and the longitudinal members ,nnd upon which the butt of the shock is adaptoitto rest, and two piece semi-circular bars fastened at thcir upper extremities to the longitudinal members and at their lower extremities to each other, such semi-circular bars being of different radii and adapted to support the head of the shock, as and for the purpose specified.

8. In a ain shocker, the combination with the has 'et having a vertically extending divider located therem'and' extending from the rear end forwardly, of a vertically directed dividingplate secured to the basket and to the divider and located centrally of the basket, as and for the purpose specified.

Signed at Toronto in the Province of Ontario this 21st day of April 1909.

JOHN GRAHAM STEWART.

In the resence of B. OYD, R. COBAIN. 

